tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post17307363991109002..comments2024-03-09T14:12:06.081-08:00Comments on That Striped Sunlight Sound: How many sleeps before Ed rocks the Tivoli ?bob nebehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17723885868356225757noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-61181873236818631792010-01-25T16:53:25.585-08:002010-01-25T16:53:25.585-08:00Arr love rio Ferando, I did a day trip up to the m...Arr love rio Ferando, I did a day trip up to the mountain behind Rio,<br />went to see Dedo de Deus but it was too clouldy and Petrópolis. <br />I know ganggajang are big in Brazil too, clowns Photos comingbob nebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723885868356225757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-54399568333703312002010-01-24T14:23:42.577-08:002010-01-24T14:23:42.577-08:00Born in Rio, but this city is totaly broke, so I m...Born in Rio, but this city is totaly broke, so I moved to the mountains 3 years ago. I think I`m the only clowns fan here, nobody knows australian music in Brazil, except for more popular things like Midnight Oil, but there is an australian band called "V. Spy V. Spy" that is problably more famous here than in Australia itself. It`s one of my favorite rock band and thats why I started to love australian rock.Fernando Rochahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547641259471391790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-4631032274604763692010-01-23T15:35:43.597-08:002010-01-23T15:35:43.597-08:00Hi Ferando, great to hear from a clowns fan from B...Hi Ferando, great to hear from a clowns fan from Brazil.<br />Where abouts are you living in Brazil.<br />I've been there a couple of times, and traveled a fair bit.<br />Some of my favorite places I've been to.bob nebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723885868356225757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-32770732694696883962010-01-23T11:22:56.119-08:002010-01-23T11:22:56.119-08:00I hope I could take a plane from Brazil to Brisban...I hope I could take a plane from Brazil to Brisbane to see it...Fernando Rochahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547641259471391790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-81565464598151875792010-01-22T05:01:40.853-08:002010-01-22T05:01:40.853-08:00I think as a poet he's a little shy.
Ive seen ...I think as a poet he's a little shy.<br />Ive seen him refuse to talk about his lyrics in a few interviews.<br />Shame cause they are quiet goodbob nebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723885868356225757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-60266504952491834312010-01-22T04:52:04.474-08:002010-01-22T04:52:04.474-08:00quickier than a flash Bob, what you think? !!...:)...quickier than a flash Bob, what you think? !!...:)<br />to have the lyrics is important for me specially because Ed always refused to answer to questions about them, even in the 80's to this journalist...:)Meltingpodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969794635521166949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-46639054682992902322010-01-22T04:24:02.379-08:002010-01-22T04:24:02.379-08:00Boy your quick Annie,
I only just approved that lo...Boy your quick Annie,<br />I only just approved that lot,<br />I remember working out the lyrics for eternally yours for you.<br />I guessed yould find this lot very interestingbob nebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723885868356225757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-80739370552182374312010-01-22T03:54:23.048-08:002010-01-22T03:54:23.048-08:00THANK YOU GRAHAM !!!
such a long time I was expect...THANK YOU GRAHAM !!!<br />such a long time I was expecting those lyrics, specially because it's impossible for me being French to understand Ed when he sings...:)<br />xxxMeltingpodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969794635521166949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-47446519697905667712010-01-22T03:46:56.757-08:002010-01-22T03:46:56.757-08:00Oh wow Graham that is incredible,
theres plenty so...Oh wow Graham that is incredible,<br />theres plenty songs Ill wondered what Ed was on about for years, thanks<br />Where are you? Brissy, going to see the band wherever you are?<br />ciao bobbob nebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723885868356225757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-75133875413228128572010-01-22T03:23:48.091-08:002010-01-22T03:23:48.091-08:00CLOWN TOWN
This town, clown town
This town is all ...CLOWN TOWN<br />This town, clown town<br />This town is all the town that we have<br />Time, our time<br />Time to do all the things that we need<br />Throw our trouble to the wind<br />Life’s not meant to be hard in<br />Our town, clown town<br />This town is all we have but our time<br />Spend time<br />Time to do all the things that we want<br />Blow some bubbles in the wind<br /><br />And you know<br />What those men of straw don’t know<br />And they’ll never like this town<br />With their two feet on the ground<br /> <br />EVERYTHING THAT FLIES (IS NOT A BIRD)<br />Yeah we danced around the golden calf<br />And we had a very sharp knife<br />And we never did anything by halves<br />We had a strong philosophy of life<br />And everything that flies is not a bird<br /><br />Yeah we give it such a friendly reception<br />Disarm it and disembowel it with a feather<br />Hope for the best nothing’s too good<br />For the lords of the plague<br />When everything that flies is not a bird<br /><br />You’re a part of my world here<br />You’re the air that I breathe in<br />You’re a part of my world here<br />The water I urinate in<br /><br />And the wind and sea get up on their hind legs and walk across the land<br /><br />I have to cut off the electricity to turn off the light<br />We had a strong philosophy on light<br />And everything that flies is not a bird<br />Is not a bird<br /><br />COLLAPSE BOARD<br />You shake your head you can’t believe<br />The sickening stability of my life<br />You’ve got about an hour left<br />And then you’re standing<br />On the collapse board again<br />And feel the rope around your neck again<br /><br />I clasp your hands behind your head<br />Then catch a fly and throw it to the ground<br />You’ve got about an hour left<br />And then you’re standing<br />On the collapse board again<br />And feel the rope around your neck again<br />And then you’re standing<br />On the collapse board again<br />Bored againGrahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-60045553231226219632010-01-22T03:23:25.079-08:002010-01-22T03:23:25.079-08:00THE LAUGHING CLOWNS
You’re feeling a bit uncertain...THE LAUGHING CLOWNS<br />You’re feeling a bit uncertain<br />But you don’t know how or why<br />Don’t pretend it’s the final curtain<br />Raise the scarlet banner high<br />It’s up to you better see it through<br /><br />I don’t want to sound like a fool<br />‘cause I know that you’ve had it hard<br />But it’s not such a big decision<br />And you’re holding the highest card<br />It’s up to you better see it through<br />When the laughing clowns fall down<br />To the ground and they know<br />There’ll be another show<br />Because laughing clowns get up off the ground<br />And they know<br />There’ll be another show<br /><br />Don’t get trapped by your self pity<br />‘cause you’ve always had more pride<br />You’d get drained like so much water<br />You don’t need that on your side<br />It’s up to you better see it through<br />When the laughing clowns fall down<br /><br />You said that you’re glad it’s over<br />Traumatic times shrugged off<br />Sick of playing in phoney dramas<br />Think you’ll like it all that way<br />It’s up to you better see it through<br />When the laughing clowns fall down<br />To the ground la la la la la<br /><br />GHOST BEAT<br />It’s harsher than I’ve ever seen<br />There’s totally unintelligible shouts from there<br />Stinging sand and stinging rain<br />I’d better get inside before it gets too wet<br />I hear the sound of marching bands<br />And uniformed feet<br />Pretty soon I just can’t breathe<br />With so much screaming my tongue swells more and more each day<br />One man’s meat is another’s poison<br />Oh ghost beat<br /><br />This operation sure is big<br />They surely must expect a fairly major prize<br />But they seem so careless<br />Well I suppose that it’s something that has to be done<br />With visions of a funeral pyre<br />See a plane crashing<br />What kind of place is this<br />Can you hear it<br />Ghost beat<br /><br />I just can’t think with this around<br />‘cause all I ever hear is that snare drum sound<br />It’s much harsher than it’s ever been<br />It’s probably what makes me act this way<br />I hear the call of self-preservation<br />I really don’t want to act this way<br /> <br />I WANT TO SCREAM<br />Under starlight shining <br />I want to scream alone tonight<br />The shadows talk of childish things<br />That lay around my careful home<br /><br />Conversation stops dead in the dead of the day<br />Not quite sure if I like it that way<br />No more rumours around town now <br />Check on the time it hasn’t changed<br />Tables and chairs are still arranged<br />I try to think of past events<br />A childhood love that was heaven sent<br />But it’s not<br /><br />Face contorts a rubber mask<br />But I’m well matched up to the farce<br />The windows allow a cruel blue light<br />I close my eyes, the light’s too bright<br /><br />Phone doesn’t ring, no intrusion from outside<br />Wall paper shapes just a bit too bold<br />Turn away from the wall now<br />Check on the time it hasn’t changed<br />Tables and chairs are still arranged<br />I try to think of past events<br />A childhood love that was heaven sent<br />But it’s not<br /><br />Under starlight shining white<br />I want to scream alone tonight<br />The shadows talk of childish things that are done for<br /><br />My face bends like a rubber mask<br />I believe I’m well matched up to the farce<br />But the lights in my eyes are cruel and blue<br />That will do me<br /><br />Don’t look out or beyond<br />Calm in this my traitor’s death<br />Cold and empty like the bells<br />Now there’s nothing left to sell<br />That will do meGrahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-5424396950261448252010-01-22T03:22:48.648-08:002010-01-22T03:22:48.648-08:00Hello
Big fan of the Laughing Clowns. You might ...Hello<br /><br />Big fan of the Laughing Clowns. You might be able to use these lyrics. They came on an insert in the first vinyl edition of "The History of Rock'n'Roll Volume One". I haven't found them anywhere else on the Internet.<br /><br />THEME FROM "MAD FLIES, MAD FLIES"<br />Mad flys have remade my face<br />A puzzle of this movie flesh<br />Do remember me?<br />Stretch yourself to the brink of ruin<br />The details of our night will be kept obscure<br /><br />Someone’s got a bullet + they won’t say where they got it<br />Please stay awhile<br />It’s meant for you not meant for me<br />A reflex action you can’t see<br />It’s kept obscure<br />Bake a pie for eternity<br />You’ll be so hungry believe you me<br />Predictable<br /><br />Someone’s got a bullet + they won’t say where they got it<br />Please stay awhile<br />Watch the match go tap! tap! tap!<br />It’ll really tear me heart out<br />To be left alone<br /><br />Mad flys have remade my face<br />No puzzle why we fell from grace<br />Predictable<br />Now stretch yourself to the brink of ruin<br />The details of this night are really kept obscure<br /><br />EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY<br />This situation so spick and span<br />A hopeless garbage can<br />A very sexual rubber man<br />Didn’t hear you blah! Blah! Blah!<br />Your guardian angel’s too quick<br />You cut to the quick<br /><br />A tattooed mermaid swims on your arm<br />A grinning mouth rimmed with spit<br />And you’re tonguing a hollow tooth<br />So again we are aware<br />The ticks and fleas in your hair<br />Must like it in there<br /><br />And of the sun you dreamed and dreamed<br />The dreams you always stored away to keep<br />A dirty towel you are so dumb<br />A stupid cow you are so dumb<br />‘cause what you see is what you are<br /><br />So again we are aware<br />The ticks and fleas in your hair<br />Must like it in there<br />Every dog has its day<br /> <br />HOLY JOE<br />Brother to the dopes whose heights I’ll never reach<br />Bright eyes keep watching strings attached<br />Holy Joe walked out <br />Said it’s right to act like that<br />If there’s mass reaction strings attached<br /><br />Holy Joe had something<br />When he said I’d like the beach<br />Know your body language<br />Keep your fingers out of reach<br />You can’t get anywhere<br /><br />Holy Joe will make it<br />He’s gonna play for keeps<br />Know your body language<br />Study figures on the beach<br />You can’t get anywhere<br /><br />Like the dew that falls<br />Nail my body to the floor<br />Holy Joe will watch you strings attached<br />So let’s get with the times<br />Everybody stand in line<br />Holy Joe will help you strings attached<br /><br />SOMETIMES (I JUST CAN'T LIVE WITH ANYONE)<br />Your death was so graceless it didn’t rate a mention<br />Not even by your small group of friends<br />Not an eyebrow raised<br />No words of praise passed through our lips that day<br />Oh my what an ordinary day<br />You could have hoped for more<br /><br />It was your solitary right<br />To share this occasion<br />With everyone you know<br />But the pressure point is low<br />And no-one even seems to know<br />It’s just an ordinary day<br /><br />It’s raining in the park<br />I can’t even see a spark<br />Of the type of person that you are<br />No not even from a distance<br /><br />Hopeless is all you’ll ever hope to be<br />And it gets hard to count past three<br />It’s just an ordinary day<br />Anyone at all<br />Sometimes I can’t live with<br />Anyone at allGrahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-81628540078402632002010-01-21T12:25:47.287-08:002010-01-21T12:25:47.287-08:00Thanks Annie, we seem to be on the same musical wa...Thanks Annie, we seem to be on the same musical wave lenght here <br />The show shall be great,<br />what else could it be!bob nebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723885868356225757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-27936731827982176382010-01-21T01:02:15.667-08:002010-01-21T01:02:15.667-08:00thanks for posting the interview Bob ! I love Ed&...thanks for posting the interview Bob ! I love Ed's answers, always very honest and precise as usual.<br />if you didn't find it, here the link to the report by Adrian Cunningham about Laughing Clowns same period 80, I posted on Meltingpod just one day before you : telepathy Brisbane /Marseille ?...:)<br />http://meltingpod.free.fr/?p=210<br />Cheers and good show !<br />AnnieMeltingpodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969794635521166949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-16810689402377809992010-01-20T11:52:41.573-08:002010-01-20T11:52:41.573-08:009 bucks a beer,the bastards.
Well their tickets ar...9 bucks a beer,the bastards.<br />Well their tickets are expensive enough these daysbob nebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723885868356225757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014855098066226358.post-37914839812683480602010-01-20T05:22:54.595-08:002010-01-20T05:22:54.595-08:00See you there. At 9 bucks a beer though I am not d...See you there. At 9 bucks a beer though I am not drinking at the Tivoli :-)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820476689860711454noreply@blogger.com